A POINT Vernon pharmacist, who stole more than $20,000 worth of drugs, will avoid jail. Jason David Meiers, 44, fronted Hervey Bay Magistrates Court where it was revealed he stole thousands of controlled drugs while working as a pharmacist in Maryborough. The court heard how in May this year, pharmacy staff began to notice controlled [...]
A nurse practitioner in Washington County, Virginia has been arrested on a federal charge of distributing a narcotic, according to court documents. Matthew Sykes is charged with one count of distribution of a schedule II controlled substance, according to information received from U.S. District Court in Abingdon following his arrest on Wednesday. The criminal complaint [...]
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa.– Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced felony charges against a Scranton doctor for over-prescribing 17,504 Oxycodone pills to two patients over a two-year period. Dr. Louis Adamo, 60, of Whitetail Run, Moscow, prescribed 9,540 Oxycodone tablets to Brett Nachand between August 2014 and March 2016. Dr. Adamo also prescribed 7,964 Oxycodone tablets [...]
A former Cohasset High School secretary with a history of mishandling prescription narcotics has been accused of stealing a student’s medicine from a locked nurse’s locker and replacing it with an over-the-counter antihistamine. M. M. Carney, 46, was arraigned Friday on charges of larceny from a building, larceny of property worth more than $250 and [...]
The third of three former Veteran's Affairs employees in Arkansas has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal prescription drugs from the VA hospital in Little Rock. (MGN) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The third of three former Veteran's Affairs employees in Arkansas has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal prescription drugs from the VA hospital [...]
The third of three former Veteran's Affairs employees in Arkansas has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal prescription drugs from the VA hospital in Little Rock. Court records show 43-year-old Nikita Neal of Little Rock pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Little Rock to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone in exchange [...]
WEST PALM BEACH A pharmacist for a suburban West Palm Beach drug store is accused of stealing controlled substances, including oxycodone, from the business, according to an arrest report. Michelle Renae Green, 46, of Palm Beach Gardens is facing five counts of trafficking oxycodone and four counts of possession of a controlled substance without a [...]
BURLINGTON — Some residents at Pine Brook Pointe, 1001 S Pine Street, did not receive their proper medication after an employee was allegedly stealing them, according to a criminal complaint. Holly A. Moser, 21, of Burlington, has been charged with theft, possession of narcotic drugs and negligent abuse. According to the criminal complaint: On several dates [...]
ST. JOSEPH, MI -- A St. Joseph County foot doctor will lose his medical license after pleading Thursday to charges of diverting opioids and insurance fraud. Dr. Craig Sherwood, a St. Joseph podiatrist, pleaded no contest on Thursday, Oct. 26, to 10 felony counts, according to the Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Sherwood pleaded to [...]
MADISON, IN (WAVE) - A pharmacy technician in Madison, Indiana was arrested for stealing drugs from her employer. Police say Kimberly Herrell-Stone, 37, stole numerous medications from Walgreens between January and April of this year. The pharmacy noticed medicine missing on days when Herrell-Stone would work. Indiana State Police say Herrell-Stone was also in possession [...]